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I survived!
Friday, January 19, 2007So, last Wednesday I managed to finish the first draft of my book...53,000 words. I wrote almost 6,000 words to make this goal, so I feel a bit like I win at life. It's taken me ages to feel this good...for the longest time I've felt more like a secretary with a hobby than a real writer, with publication an uncertain carrot hanging in the distance and my inability to finish a damned thing. But now...now I feel like this is a part of me again. The muscles are working properly. I feel like I can accomplish anything. I think part of what took me away was the desire to build myself into the internet community so that I would have a following when my book came out. I wrote too many book reviews, did too many interviews. Now I still need to build that following, but I'm loathe to give up what I've attained. Also, I think that role playing took away a lot of my daily amount of creative energy. I've really cut back, and my writing had improved. Also, I needed to teach myself discipline. And I've accomplished that. So, when my mother (Don't roll your eyes, she's good.) finishes marking up my draft, I'll start on draft two. Finally found the movie Chocolate late last night when I finally had time to myself, so I might watch that if I have time, study things. Also I have ye pile of reference books coming my way. Well, the drop add period is over, so next week ought to be a little less eventful. I no longer have the power to just add students into classes, so that will be a bit more quiet. I guess I have to worry about the history newsletter, etc, but that is for next week. Permalink Cindy scribed this at 3:52 PM 0 comments |